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Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini (born 12 September 1979) is a
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ian broadcast journalist and politician. He belongs to the National Democratic Congress. He is currently a member of the eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing Tamale North. He is a host of two of the station's flagship programs as Ghanaian broadcast journalist who works at Radio Gold in Accra. He holds a teaching qualification. From Ghana Institute of Management and public Administration He pursued his B.sc. public administration and M.sc. Development Management. He's a Muslim by religion. He also a committee member of land and natural resources. He was member of parliament of the 7th and 8th Republic of Ghana.


Education

Alhassan Suhuyini attended Ghana Secondary School now
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, GHANASCO in Tamale. He holds a
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Public Administration Public administration, or public policy and administration refers to "the management of public programs", or the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day",Kettl, Donald and James Fessler. 2009. ''The Politics of the ...
and an
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Development management from
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. His career as a radio presenter started at Diamond FM in Tamale before he moved to the capital of Ghana. He had brief stints with Citi FM and Metro TV in Accra before settling with Radio Gold. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Public Administration.


Career

His career as a radio presenter started at Diamond FM in
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before he moved to the capital of Ghana. He had brief stints with
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and Metro TV in Accra before settling with Radio Gold. He was voted Talk Show Host of the year in 2011, 2012 and 2013 by Radio listeners in Ghana at the Ghana
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. In 2013 he was selected and sponsored by the South Korean government to tour
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as part of its ''Next Generational Leaders from
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'' program. He was a delegate at the 2014
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, a
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professional exchange program. He worked at
Radio Gold Radio Gold is a privately owned radio station in Accra, the capital of Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares b ...
in
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, where he was the host of two of the station's flagship programs; the morning show called the "Gold Power Drive" and the weekend socio-economic and political current affairs program - ''Alhaji and Alhaji talk show''.


Political career

He was appointed in 2013 by president
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as board member of
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. He won the Tamale North seat by the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in the 2016 General election to become the member of parliament. He won the seat by getting 21,280 votes representing 67.79% of the total number. Despite being member of Parliament, he is also doing communication for his party. Suhuyini was re-elected in the 2020 general elections to represent the Tamale North Constituency in Parliament. In May 2023, Suhuyini was confirmed as Parliamentary Candidate of the National Democratic Congress, after no one filed to contest him for the position at close of nomination. In the 2024 general election, he retained the seat in ticket of the NDC as MP for Tamale North Constituency in Parliament by getting 28,521 votes whiles his contender had 12,317.


Committees

1.Lands and forestry Committees 2.Appointments committee


Personal life

Suhuyini is a trained teacher. He married Hamdiya Amadu Yakubu Vorsky in 2013.


Philanthropist


References

Living people Ghanaian Muslims Dagomba people Year of birth missing (living people) Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025 Ghana Senior High School (Tamale) alumni Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration alumni National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians 21st-century Ghanaian journalists Politicians from Northern Region (Ghana) 21st-century Ghanaian politicians {{Ghana-politician-stub